Chapter 137: Crossing the River
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On the grass on the bank of the river on the north side of the Junzijin Ferry, corpses were scattered on the dark green aquatic grass.
It was not until the Jurchen warship went far away that Zasaktu Khan ordered his subordinates to collect the corpses.
This is the Mobei Mongols and the Jurchens fighting.
The ship came to a halt in the river more than a hundred paces from the shore, the boat swayed and approached the shore in the waves, the foot soldier pretended to be boarding6, and the archers stood in the bow of the ship looking for a target on the shore. The Mongol shooters on the shore had a geographical advantage and failed to take advantage of the attack.
The Jurchens were not good at water warfare, and the Mongols did not dare to go down the river.
The Jurchens at the bow of the ship were mostly foot archers, while the Mongols were mainly mounted archers. The range of the infantry bow was much greater than that of the riding bow, and the Mongols had to take risks to shoot at the target in the bow of the ship. Fortunately, Jurchen ships were scarce and small, and the number of archers spread out was limited.
In the era of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian iron cavalry was equipped with two kinds of bows, and now it is not as good as before, and the Mongols are not even enough iron arrowheads, and how can they be equipped with infantry bows.
The soldiers on the shore counted the losses, and there were more than a hundred casualties, and Zasaktu Khan's face was a little unpleasant. Jurchen did not choose the Junzijin ferry, crossing the river from the north bank meant that he had to bear the heavy responsibility of defense, and he was the Great Khan who did not want to fight this battle in the north, hoping that this was not the place to cross the river.
In the early morning of the next day, at dawn, nearly 100 small boats rowed towards the shore in the river water hundreds of miles north of the Junzijin Ferry.
The scouts on the shore galloped back to the camp, shouting loudly along the way: "The Jurchens have crossed the river." ”
The Mongol cavalry, which had 3,000 mobile patrols, hurried to the Jurchen crossing site, and the shadow left by the battle the day before had not disappeared, and the Mongol cavalry did not dare to get too close to the river bank, so as to avoid being beaten and unable to return fire because of the range of the cavalry bow.
The Jurchen archer at the bow of the boat opened his bow and arrows, and occasionally dropped a few arrows on the grass on the shore as a warning, and the two sides were far away from each other.
It was only after a quarter of an hour that the cavalry on the shore could see that the heads of thousands of men were pockmarked on the surface of the water, less than a hundred paces from the shore, and they were swimming rapidly.
Someone shouted in panic: "There are people in the water!" ”
It was 2,500 men who had been selected from Dorgon's army to be proficient in water.
The ship followed closely behind the swimming soldiers, and the dense long arrows flew into the sky, and the shooters on board actually wore armor, which would increase the load of the ship.
If you hide in the distance, the Jurchens will go ashore!
"Woo-woo-woo!"
The trumpets sounded, the iron hooves galloped along the shore, and long arrows rained down on the water.
The Jurchens swimming in the water were completely naked, unable to block the arrows from entering their bodies, and the blood was not visible in the turbid waves, but they could clearly see that people were swept away by the waves.
The ships rowed faster, approaching the shore, and the Jurchens in neat helmets and armor roared as they shot arrows, and those were the elite of the white-armored soldiers.
On the other side of the Yellow River, Dolgon was dressed in silver armor, and his eyes were full of distress. These people were the warriors he relied on the most, and it would be difficult for him to come back alive once he went ashore, but he had no choice. The Mongols took the initiative, and it was almost impossible for him to storm and cross the river, and only by hurting those who were not determined could he take advantage of it.
The Mongol scouts on the shore were in a panic, and on the northern shore were the defense areas of Zasaktu Khan and Tushetu Khan.
The boatman swayed his oars quickly, sweat running from his strained muscles, and the ship rushed straight to the shore shoal, until it was about to run aground. The white-armored soldiers jumped into the mud and walked with great difficulty towards the shore, and a large number of water ghosts in the water also came out of writing, and followed closely behind the armor soldiers, all of whom had steel knives tied to their backs.
"Drop the thistle!"
The soldiers who came ashore shouted anxiously.
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Of course, the Mongol cavalry on the shore was unwilling to give the soldiers of Deng 6 time to prepare for defense, and the war horses galloped to the shallow water, but they did not dare to add too fast, because the opposite side was the Yellow River.
The tall white-armored soldiers waved their long weapons to block the frontal onslaught of the cavalry with their flesh and blood, and the shore was close to each other.
The water ghosts quickly scattered thistles to the grass not far from the shore, and the horses could not stand on it. With the white-armored soldiers as the fulcrum, the long knives of the water ghosts either cut at the horse's legs, or pick off the opponent to snatch their horses, they are the elite of the two white flags, and their combat power is amazing.
After the ship was emptied, it returned to the opposite shore, and the boatman's arms were numb, and he gritted his teeth desperately and insisted on paddling.
When Zasaktu Khan arrived with a large army, the 3,000 patrolling Mongol cavalry were smashed by the Jurchens who crossed the river, and the Jurchens even began to form cavalry after grabbing the war horses.
"Rush over! Kill them! Zasaktu Khan waved his scimitar, and five thousand elite Khan tent cavalry joined the warband.
On the other side of the Yellow River, Dolgon silently closed his eyes.
The tide of battle was not as fast as Zasaktu Khan imagined, the front cavalry horseshoe stepped on the thistle terrestris after the pain was unbearable, frightened and uncontrollable, the cavalry in the rear did not know why, still squeezing up, the two armies at the junction of the people on their backs.
After unloading the armor and military equipment, the Jurchen warship quickly left, leaving behind 2,500 water ghosts and 800 white-armored soldiers of the hundred battles on the shore.
Fighting against the water, they have no way out,
"Kill!" The white-armored soldiers are almost insane, they are made to kill.
The narrow area on the shore is crowded with people, and the war horses cannot be lifted.
The Mongols of Mobei finally understood why the Chahar people were chased all over the steppe and had no courage to fight with the Liaodong people, and twice the strength of the army could not impulsively line up the white-armored soldiers like a wall, which was a battle line that the Guanning iron cavalry could not break through with all their might.
When the ships on the other side came ashore and the soldiers boarded in a neat line, Dolgon's eyes lit up, and he suddenly leaped up, and the ship shook and almost staggered him.
On the shore, Okan was anxious and shouted loudly to dissuade: "Baylor shall not be! Danger on the other side! ”
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Dolgon steadied himself, turned back and waved his hand at him, motioned for him to stop shouting, and turned to the flag bearer and said, "Bring the flag." ”
More than 100 warships could transport 3,000 people back and forth at a time, but the armor was heavy, and in the end only more than 1,000 people set sail and rowed to the opposite shore.
The fighting on the shore was scorching, and Zasaktu Khan's heart was dripping blood.
The warriors of the tribe are constantly falling, and the corpses are piling up, is that the invincible Jurchen?
The battlefield is close to the surging Yellow River, and all the Jurchens who have no way out will fight to the death, and they are as ferocious as the armes of the white-armored soldiers who also kill people.
When the brave met on a narrow road, the Mongols were terrified, and small groups of cavalry began to flee.
In less than an hour, the warships on the other side returned, and Dolgon saw the shape on the shore near the battlefield, and secretly felt pity in his heart: "As long as there are five hundred warships, the Jurchen army can establish a stronghold on the shore and cross the river in batches." ”
Seeing from afar that another group of Jurchens had arrived, Zasaktu Khan had no intention of fighting, and said to Tushetu Khan, who was watching the battle: "Our men and horses are tired, so it is better for you to go up for a while." ”
Tushetu Khan nodded in agreement.
The horn of retreat sounded, and the cavalry of Zasaktu Khan fled, and the Jurchens who fought also understood their intentions, and even fought to the death, slaughtering their opponents who had no intention of fighting one by one.